Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Achieving Success in a Worker Classification Audit Webinar

• Advise clients with respect to the risks associated with their treating workers as independent contractors rather than employees
• Understand how to employ Section 530 for purposes of defending against an IRS allegation that one or more workers are employees and not independent contractors

• The 20 common law factors in a worker classification audit that are used to distinguish an employee from an independent contractor
• How disgruntled independent contractors can use IRS Form 8919 against a former employer
• When and how to use Section 530 as a defense in worker classification audits
• What is "industry practice" for Section 530 purposes
• Common sense steps that will avoid characterization of workers treated as independent contractors as employees
• The  IRS’s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program—advantages and disadvantages